Newbie needs help with a user control problem

[Faitec]

Hi guys and gals!

I'm writting a simple user control and I need to conditionally set the size of it at control load time.

I have coded that into the constructor. It runs but the changes are not displayed on the screen (on the form at run time). At this time the parent property of the control is null. At what point (ie is there a handy event) are the properties BOTH standard and my custom ones all loaded up?

I need access to the design time porperties to decide on the visual setup of the control.

I'd be really gratefull for a steer in the right direction.

Here's the code:

public DrawerControl()
{
InitializeComponent();
ToggleState(pbStartOpen);
}

private void ToggleState(bool bOpen)
{

if (bOpen == false)
{
// close up
this.Height = (cmdOpenShut.Height + 6);
cmdOpenShut.Text = psClosedCaption;
}
else
{
// open up
this.Height = piToolFrameHeight;
cmdOpenShut.Text = psOpenCaption;
}
}

[r035198x]

Hi guys and gals!

I'm writting a simple user control and I need to conditionally set the size of it at control load time.

I have coded that into the constructor. It runs but the changes are not displayed on the screen (on the form at run time). At this time the parent property of the control is null. At what point (ie is there a handy event) are the properties BOTH standard and my custom ones all loaded up?

I need access to the design time porperties to decide on the visual setup of the control.

I'd be really gratefull for a steer in the right direction.

Here's the code:

public DrawerControl()
{
InitializeComponent();
ToggleState(pbStartOpen);
}

private void ToggleState(bool bOpen)
{

if (bOpen == false)
{
// close up
this.Height = (cmdOpenShut.Height + 6);
cmdOpenShut.Text = psClosedCaption;
}
else
{
// open up
this.Height = piToolFrameHeight;
cmdOpenShut.Text = psOpenCaption;
}
}

The changes need to be placed before setVisible(true) is called. Can you provide the code for the size change?